Bison137
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Reg: 01-23-06
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04-04-07 08:46 PM - Post#34305
In response to BUPilot
Yes, at the end of the day, I expect the Bison and Holy Cross to still be #'s 1 and 2, albeit in a much more competitive league. The blogger who does these predictions is prolific to an extreme but clearly doesn't understand anything other than the numbers.
For example, the author clearly has no clue about the quality of the recent Bison recruiting classes, and why those players have not yet put up big numbers. Justin Castleberry is one good example of how hard it is to learn Flannery's offensive and defensive systems, and how hard it has been to get playing time with all of the veterans on the roster. Justin never played as a frosh and never played the first month as a soph. Then all of a sudden, he learned the system, earned a spot in the rotation, and then averaged about 15 pts per 40 minutes, while also contributing defensively. More importantly, in the two games at HC, he had 16 pts in 26 minutes and then 10 pts in 19 minutes. That should give some indication as to whether he can play.
As to the current freshmen, I think there is no question Tyree and Behan are two of the league's top six frosh. And as to the incoming recruiting class, it is clearly one of the top recruiting classes ever in the PL. So much for the blogger's evaluation of Bison recruiting.
Placing all of this in context, had they been at Army/Navy/Lafayette, three current Bison freshmen/sophs might well have started for much of this year.
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